St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-10
Corruptors Of Judges and
Jurymen Thriving on the
Pacific Coast.
Money Was at Least Ready
for Use in Three Great
Cases,
The Sharon Divorce Case, the
Cable Road Case and That
of Little Pete.
Talk of a Vigilance Commit
tee, With Hangings
in Prospect.
Special TO the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-The San
Francisco atmosphere is murky with
partial disclosures of wholesale and in
discriminate bribery. Occasionally
CLEANS of light have appeared, but the
air is still heavy, though heroic efforts
are being made to clear it. The storm
has been long time gathering, but so
fierce and widespread has it proven that
everybody is aStOniShed and shocked.
1t has come from three directions. The
Sharon divorce case has furnished one
storm center, the case of Mrs. Wright
vs.. the Geary Street Cable road another,
and the case of Feeny Climy, better
known as Little Pete" the third. In
the Sharon case the alleged attempt to
bride Judge Sullivan was the sensation.
EX-Judge Evans. who was indicted by
eX-Judge Terry to be the culprit, has
made public statement emphaticallyde-
nying the charge. Notwithstanding this,
Terry, who is now here, reiterates the
charge, and says he is willing to lay the
facts before any authorized person or
persons. 1t is understood that the mat
ter will be investigated by the grand
jury on Monday next. Terry promises
TO make Il sensation when he gives his
information to the grand jury. The
Wright case is more complicated i'll its
features. In this case three persons
We're charged with an attempt to bride a
jury. One of these, eX-State Senator
Creighton. has been convicted, but, Ow-
ing To the kindness of the cOnVicting
judge. who released him on $4,000
bond, he failed to appear and receive
his sentence. 1t is generally believed
he is now
SAFE IN MEXICO.
The others implicated in the case are
Il. L. Morrow, reported millionaire.
and James McCOrd, who is at present at
Denver engaged in cable road cOnStruc-
ton. MOrrOw'S case came up during
the past week, but owing to the absence
of one of the principal witnesses, who
is reported to be in Montreal, it had
been postponed. AS McCord's case was
set to come up after MOrrow'S trial, the
proceedings are for the time being
blocked. 1t is freely stated that both
Creighton and Davis have gotten out of
the way so as to break down the case
for the prosecution. Morrow is out on
$4,000 bail. In little Pete's case the
the alleged bribery of Judge LOBBY and
District Attorney Stonehill and a num-
Der of minor issues, i'll which the notori-
Gus politician, Christopher Buckley,
is implicated. Little Pete was
recently convicted of jury-brib-
ing. and in the course of
his trial several attempts to bride the
jury which was trying him were de-
tected. This led to an investigation by
the grand jury of bribery in general. In
the course of this investigation it be-
fn tnS, l.Na,
mentS i'll the possession Of Chinese
merchant and search warrant was pro-
cured TO obtain them. While Foreman
NenZieS of the grand jury was securing
the papers. deputy SheriffS appeared on
the scene with a writ of replevin, and
attempted to interfere with him. In
fact. WenZieS was compelled to deliver
the papers to the sheriff, but while they
were being transferred to the sheriff'S
office he secured some of the most i'm
portant and secreted them. For this he
was arrested, but no charge could be
made to hold against him. He then
turned about and had those who inter
fered with his search warrant arrested
for
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Among those thus proceeded against
was Ii. Ii. Lowenthal, the attorney for
Little Pete. He was the only one con-
NlcJeu, ana was sentenced to 1--WE
days Imprisonment and IS fine. He is
out now on writ of habeas corpus.
which comes up for a hearing next
Tuesday. Among the papers secured
by MenZieS was a document which
showed that 5000 had been paid to Judge
TOohy, before whom Little Pete was
tried. and $500 to the district attorney.
There were also letter and kilograms
which tended to show that Christopher
Buckley was interested in Little Pete,
and had been applied to for his in
tiuence and aid. None of these matters
have yet been proven, and all those i'm
plicated make emphatic denials of any
wrong doing. These alleged cOrrup-
tions, becoming public at the same time,
have created intense Indignation among
better class of citizens and will no doubt
result in thorough investigation and
the punishment of those criminally con-
cerned. The organization of a vigilance
committee to hang on the levee the
most important malefactors was freely
discussed and strongly advocated by
one of the morning newspapers, but
such a proposition was only greeted
with smiles by the more collected and
sensible portion of the people. There
is, however, strong movement on foot
TO organize a committee of citizens
whose duty it shall be to see that the in
vestigation is made in the most complete
manner, and that full justice is melted
out to judge and jury cOrruptorS.